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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-26-2015, 08:12 PM
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Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Yeah, it is hard to know why they do stuff. I can't imagine cost all that much, though, as it could be an extra cost option. Maybe they don't want to wire it for the extra battery, and have that in...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-24-2015, 11:26 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Very nice, you will be glad to have the extra power.

It is probably an illusion, but how much road clearance is there to the genny and the batteries?
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-13-2015, 10:02 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Very interesting. It sure would be nice, so you wouldn't need to leave the genny running all the time when not needed. It looks likes you probably "arm" it in auto when you leave. They mention a...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-12-2015, 07:40 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Cycle life vs depth of discharge is kind of hard to find for lithium.

Here is one from Lithionitics

https://www.ervsolar.com/Lithionics-Battery

It appears that you have to get pretty low...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-12-2015, 07:15 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Did you link the right graph? The one in the link shows what the capacity of the battery will be (compared to 100% when new) after "X" amount of cycles. I don't think they show depth of discharge...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-12-2015, 07:12 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

I totally agree that sounds like the best way to go, as you really do need more battery, especially with the electric water heater. Even 200 AH isn't all that much in the big scheme of things, if...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-12-2015, 04:07 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

I think you are correct when you look at the folks that occasionally boondock, tend to drive a lot, and/or get plugged in at least once a week. At that point, you don't need huge capacity, so weight...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-12-2015, 03:54 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

The Smart batteries do have some advantages, but are spendy. What isn't clear anywhere in their information is if their BMS addresses the below freezing changing cutoff. I think that is an...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-11-2015, 10:23 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Don't want to get this too far off of Wincrasher's original questions, but I have been reading a bunch and doodling a little.

Surprise for me #1---AGM battery manufacturers list nearly identical...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-10-2015, 06:36 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

That is exactly the question we all have been talking about, with most of the conclusions made focusing around the fact that it appears nobody really knows how much of an issue heat will be. To me,...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-10-2015, 05:23 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Hopefully less, but it will be interesting to see. Or live in Alaska!

What is amazing, if true, is how low the damaging temp can be. From the Technomadia article: information from Elite.


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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-10-2015, 04:03 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

As a for instance, I was having cavitation problems with the underbody electric fuel pump on our old Challenger twin turbo because of high heat. When I took the temperature of the gas tank, which...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-10-2015, 02:52 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Like many of us, I have tried to make sense of lithium battery information, with only some success. Smart Battery would have you believe they can use 100% of the capacity to 8 volts, and be good for...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-10-2015, 12:04 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Not having a propane water heater does really complicate this for Windcrasher, since he has and likes the propane in the van. The 1200 watts for the water heater is going to be tough to cover with...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-09-2015, 02:47 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

I just took a look at the Smart Battery site to see the sizes and such. Interesting that the 150,200 300 AH are all in the same case size. Also interesting that they say the max charge and...
Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects 04-09-2015, 02:11 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 22,682
Posted By booster
Re: Travato Battery Project

Never can have too much battery :mrgreen: Good place to start in upgrades as it will somewhat determine the path on other upgrades.

My understanding of the Progressive Dynamics stuff is that...
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